2007-08 National HS Hockey Ratings

last updated 4-17-2008

Although these ratings are empirically based it should be noted that the amount of data
(especially data directly connecting Minnesota and New England) is
less than ideal and therefore the national ratings should not be taken too seriously.
Also, if a team is not listed it is only because not enough scores have been received that link that team
to others that are currently in the national rankings. Also, states with no interconnect to others in the scores
are not listed in the national rankings.
Also note that the national rankings can differ slightly from the state rankings due to influences from other
states who had scores added after the last ranking of the other state. S
The teams intended to be listed in the national rankings are only those that are eligible for the
respective high school championship within their own state.
Teams listed W-L-T record reflects only games whose score
is listed on the 2004-2005 United States HS Hockey Scores page.
The program starts all teams with an equal arbitrary value and then
adjusts them all recursively based on game scores until the lowest cumulative
error between expected goal differentials and actual goal differentials is
reached (convergence).
The Total column is in goal units and the difference in this value between
any two teams is the predicted goal differential for a game played at a
neutral site between those two teams. It should be noted that due to goal
differential limits set in the ranking program these predicted goal differentials
are only accurate when comparing teams ranked within three goals of each other.
The differential between teams ranked farther apart becomes more and more
understated as the chosen teams become farther apart in the rankings.
A teams Total value only has meaning
in relation to other teams in the same list (i.e. Totals cannot be compared
from one week to the next or directly to a ratings list for another state).
Obviously, the fewer games a team's ranking is based upon the less likely
that ranking is to be accurate.
Teams with fewer than 4 reported scores are not included in the ratings.
It is not helpful to e-mail saying that "x-x-x is not team's real record" as the record listed is generated from the
scores listed. It is helpful to send properly formatted (see directions above) missing scores.
The rankings and scores for most states will likely be more frequently updated than the national rankings
and scores, so please look for missing scores in the state scores files first.
Links to other ratings:
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These Rankings are only as accurate and complete as the scores they are derived from.
The interconnected scores between states west of Ohio and states east of there are far fewer than optimal.